"O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell and count myself
a king of infinite space,
were it not that I have bad dreams."
- Hamlet
Act II scene ii

11 May 2006

Alphabet

How gorgeous is the English language... a language that has unashamedly absorbed words from around the world and continues to grow day by day. This evening, these are my "favourite" words in alphabetical form but on another day different words might well have surfaced. To be truthful, I am slightly amazed that these varied words are just there sitting somewhere in my brain always waiting to be used:-A is for arabesque and artichokesB is for bumptious and bibliophileC is for codswallop and clandestineD is for dumplings and deliquescenceE is for ease and elongatedF is for fraternal and filigreeG is for grandiose and gargantuanH is for heinous and harassI is for indigo and idealismJ is for juxtaposition and jurisprudenceK is for kindling and kindnessL is for luscious and languorousM is for marshmallow and mellifluousN is for nincompoop and nerdO is for ordure and onomatopoeiaP is for propinquity and pyjamasQ is for quietness and quiverR is for rambling and rhapsodyS is for sensuality and sarsaparillaT is for titillation and trinketsU is for undulation and usurerV is for vixen and vivaciousW is for wonder and wisteriaX is for xenophobia and XanaduY is for yak and yearningZ is for zoological and zipcode

8 comments:

H is for heinous and harass this particular part reminded me of your post about the little shit from your school. I certainly hope that has all passed. I enjoyed your words. Now I have to go look some of them up! I need the mental stimulation, actually. This is good for me (especially when my kids ask me what a word means and I don't know!)

I don't think I've ever appreciated the English language as much as I did when I was overseas. I lived for three months in Cote d'Ivoire, and my French was mediocre at best. One of the missionaries in Yamoussoukro, the town where I was doing my service project had shelves of books in English, and I immediately gravitated toward the complete works of Shakespeare. I had always loved Shakespeare, but I really devoured the plays during my time in Yamoussoukro!

The Vivacious Vixen's favorite words are "acquittal" and "prima facie." She is working her way through law school. Her distain for the meat market is overwhelmingly apparent, but law school is expensive, and a person does what she sees fit to do in order to pay the bills. Go, Vivacious Vixen!

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